PHY 1203: Electricity and Magnetics

Course Description

This course offers a thorough introduction to electricity and magnetism, covering electrostatics, electric fields, Gauss’ Law, electric potential, capacitance, current, resistance, circuits, magnetism, electromagnetic induction, inductance, alternating current circuits, and electromagnetic waves. The emphasis is on both conceptual comprehension and quantitative problem solving, with laboratory exercises reinforcing theoretical ideas.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Use Coulomb’s and Gauss’ law to compute electric fields.
2. Evaluate electric potential and energy in charge distributions.
3. Resolve issues with capacitance and energy storage.
4. Apply Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s principles to examine DC circuits.
5. Describe magnetic fields and forces using Ampère’s and Faraday’s laws.
6. Discuss about inductance, transformers, and energy in magnetic fields.
7. Analyze AC circuits with resistors, capacitors, and inductors.
8. Explain how electromagnetic waves are generated and propagated.

Required Materials:

• David J Griffiths, “Introduction to electrodynamics”, Prentice Hall.
• Serway, R. A., Vuille, C., & Faughn, J. S. (2009). College Physics (8th ed.). Cengage Learning.
• Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, 11th Edition, Wiley, 2018.
• Serway, R.A., Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 10th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2018.
• Griffiths, D.J., Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th Edition, Pearson, 2013.
• D Halliday, R Resnick, and J Walker, “Fundamentals of Physics” 9th Edition, Wiley (2011).
• Edward M. Purcell and David J. Morin, “Electricity and Magnetism” 3rd Edition, Cambridge University Press (2013)
• Scientific calculator, graph paper, and lab notebook for experiments.